# bein
## English
### Alternative forms

* been, bene
* bien (Scotland)

### Etymology

From Middle English been, beene, bene (“gracious, generous, pleasant”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”), from Proto-Germanic *bainaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, beat”).
Cognate with Scots bein, bien (“in good condition, pleasant, well-to-do, cosy, well-stocked, pleasant, keen”), Icelandic beinn (“straight, direct, hospitable”), Norwegian bein (“straight, direct, easy to deal with”). See also bain.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biːn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Homophones: bean, been

### Adjective

bein (comparative more bein, superlative most bein)
* (Now chiefly dialectal) Wealthy; well-to-do.
    a bein farmer
* (Now chiefly dialectal) Well provided; comfortable; cosy.

#### Derived terms

* beinly

### Adverb

bein (comparative more bein, superlative most bein)
* (Now chiefly dialectal) Comfortably.

### Verb

bein (third-person singular simple present beins, present participle beining, simple past and past participle beined)
* (transitive, Scotland) To render or make comfortable.
* (transitive, Scotland) To dry.

### Anagrams

* Beni, Bien, bine

## Bourguignon
### Etymology 1

From Latin bene.

#### Adverb

bein (comparative meus, superlative meus)
* well

##### Related terms

* bon

### Etymology 2

From Latin bene.

#### Noun

bein m (plural beins, antonym mau)
* good

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bain]

### Noun

bein n (genitive singular beins, plural bein)
* leg
* bone

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Noun

bein
* instructive plural of bee

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpeiːn/
* Rhymes: -eiːn

### Noun

bein n (genitive singular beins, nominative plural bein)
* bone
    Synonym: leggur
    Hundurinn borðaði bein. ― The dog ate a bone.

#### See also

* hafa bein í nefinu
* inn við beinið
* fílabein
* viðbein
* bringubein
* mannabein
* beinhvítur
* beinharður
* bringubein
* brjóstbein

## Middle High German
### Etymology

From Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą, from *bainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈbɛi̯n/

### Noun

bein n
* (anatomy) leg
* (anatomy) bone

#### Derived terms

* gebeine

#### Descendants

* Alemannic German:
** Swabian: Boi, Boa
* Bavarian: Boan
* Central Franconian: Been
** Hunsrik: Been
** Luxembourgish: Been
* East Central German:
** Upper Saxon German: Been, Baa
* German: Bein
* Vilamovian: baan
* Yiddish: ביין (beyn)

### References

* Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* byin (France)

### Etymology

From Old French bien.

### Adverb

bein (comparative miyeu, superlative miyeu)
* (Jersey) well

#### Related terms

* bétôt

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* ben

### Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

### Noun

bein n (definite singular beinet, indefinite plural bein, definite plural beina or beinene)
* a leg
    Mennesker har to bein.Humans have two legs.
* a bone
    Skelettet består av mange bein.The skeleton consists of many bones.

#### Derived terms

* bakbein
* barbeint
* beinhard
* beinløs, beinlaus
* beinmel
* forbein
* ribbein
* sjøbein
* tusenbein

### References

* “bein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Akin to English bone.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛɪːn/, [bɛ̞ɪ̯ːn], [bæɪ̯ːn], [ba̝ɪ̯ːn]

### Noun

bein n (definite singular beinet, indefinite plural bein, definite plural beina)
* a leg
* a bone

#### Derived terms

* bakbein
* beingrind
* beinhard
* beinlaus
* forbein
* glattebein
* gråbein
* langbein
* ribbein
* sjøbein
* tusenbein

### Adjective

bein (neuter beint, definite singular and plural beine, comparative beinare, indefinite superlative beinast, definite superlative beinaste)
* straight

### References

* “bein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą, from *bainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

### Noun

bein n
* (anatomy) leg
* (anatomy) bone

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: bein
** Alemannic German:
*** Swabian: Boi, Boa
** Bavarian: Boan
** Central Franconian: Been
*** Hunsrik: Been
*** Luxembourgish: Been
** East Central German:
*** Upper Saxon German: Been, Baa
** German: Bein
** Vilamovian: baan
** Yiddish: ביין (beyn)

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʲenʲ/

### Noun

bein
* accusative singular of ben

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bainą. Compare Old English bān, Old Saxon bēn, Old High German bein.

### Noun

bein n (genitive beins, plural bein)
* leg
* bone

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: bein
* Faroese: bein
* Norn: ben
* Norwegian Nynorsk: bein
** → Norwegian Bokmål: bein
* Old Swedish: bēn
** Swedish: ben
* Danish: ben
** Norwegian Bokmål: ben
* Elfdalian: bien
* Old Gutnish: bain
** Gutnish: bain

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bein”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Romansch
### Etymology 1

From Latin bene.

#### Adverb

bein
* (Sursilvan) well
* (Sursilvan) beautifully
* (Sursilvan) yes (used to disagree with a negative statement)

##### Alternative forms

* bain (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
* bagn (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bein m (plural beins)
* (Sursilvan) farm

##### Alternative forms

* bain (Puter, Vallader)

##### Synonyms

* (Rumantsch Grischun) bain puril, (Sursilvan) bein puril
* (Rumantsch Grischun) puraria, (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) purareia, (Vallader) pauraria
* (Sutsilvan) manaschi da purs
* (Surmiran) curt purila

## Scots
### Verb

bein
* present participle of be